Sponge Questions Day 29-31 Flashcards
To be President one must be
jus soli which means of the soil
To be President one must be
jus sanguini which means of the blood
What term describes a pact between the President and the head of a foreign state?
Executive agreement
Executive Order
A directive, rule, or regulation that has the effect of law
The media
means of communicating with people
What was the original purpose of the electoral college?
Giving a larger voice to less populated states and having more enlightened people choose the president.
Proposing a law to expand educational opportunities for preschool-age children would be an example of what kind of presidential power?
legislative
Other than negotiating with legislative leaders, what would probably be the most effective way for a president to achieve the goal of getting changes made to an important bill when Congress is controlled by the other party?
Threatening a veto
What Latin phrase means that a lower court is to send up the record in a given case for its review?
Writ off Certiaran
Payment or satisfaction of a claim
Redress
What two types of lower courts have been created by Congress?
The Constitutional and The Special Courts
A court in which a case is heard first
Original Jurisdiction
A court that hears a case on appeal from a lower court
Appellate Jurisdiction
Granting clemency
Power of president
Reagan in 1984 appointed the first woman to the Supreme Court. Who was she?
Sandra Day O’Connor
